Josh Billings Quotes

I've got an opinion on everything, so I should go into management.

I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say.

I tell people what to do, and so what? I am more qualified than the other board members, so my advice means more.

Would a man ever be called vain for speaking his mind?

As a young actor, there's a lot of hubris. You come in with guns blazing, all kinds of ideas as to how you want to play a role, and you endeavour to convince people of your interpretation or your point of view.

Everybody in the world knows how good I am.

I never get nervous and I'm always very confident to the point where some people think I'm cocky.

A bit of arrogance is nice every now and then.

Some say I'm arrogant, some say I'm deluded.

I have great judgment. I have good judgment. I know what's going on.

Egotist: 1. A person who is his own best friend. 2. An I specialist. 3. A man whose opinions all change, except the one he has of himself.

Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.

men are so conceited they’ll believe anything that flatters them

Anyone who thinks they're indispensible is fooling themselves.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

I believe that people start to get into trouble when they start to believe their own hype.

I'm the best and I'll thank you to remember that.

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about.